Almost 40 legal groups, including Amnesty International and the Australian Lawyers Alliance, have taken aim at the Victorian government’s controversial bail laws and its “utterly reprehensible” failure to prevent Aboriginal deaths in custody.
Global legal and compliance technology company Relativity has continued its impressive growth by acquiring AI company Text IQ.
Insurance company Australian Unity has acquired resi-communities portfolio, Greengate Partnership.
A global law firm with six Australian offices has, for the first time, named a woman as its global chair.
The Federal Circuit Court has ordered that a lawyer pay a firm she was in dispute with $9,000 in costs following criticisms that her affidavits and her leaving during delivery of reasons did not meet the standards expected of a legal practitioner.
The Law Council of Australia has supported calls to allow an Australian imprisoned in China access to legal representation and consular assistance.
National law firm SLF Lawyers has hired a partner from rival Moray & Agnew to head up its workplace and safety practice.
The former attorney-general’s star-studded legal team has learnt whether one of its members has been removed by the Federal Court over concerns that she obtained confidential information that could advantage him in defamation proceedings.
Having the same values and making organic decisions are key when starting and expanding a boutique law firm, according to the three directors at Karim & Nicol Lawyers.
Australia is on the cusp of the “greatest shift in intergenerational wealth” in its history, say two partners, and those doing private client work must be prepared.
